PTS Vlog #17

About this sermon

I am pleased to introduce Judge Jesse Caldwell III as the first guest vlogger for Preach The Story. Judge is the senior resident superior court judge for the 27A Judicial District of the Seventh Division of the North Carolina Superior Court. But what bonded me to Jesse and made him one of my best friends is not his illustrious career on the bench, nor even his sparkling wit and ebullient personality. Jesse is part of a fading Wesleyan tradition of lay preachers (or “lay exhorters”) going back to the earliest days of Methodism in America. The “circuit rider” would preach an exegetical sermon, but then often leave the rest of the sermon to the lay preacher to bring the message home and preside over the “altaring.” Preaching used to be a tag team match, and it was the lay exhorter who “brought the message home.” Just as Judge Caldwell is a “circuit rider” in his judgship, so he is a “circuit rider” as a much coveted and celebrated “lay preacher” who does the best he can to make himself available to serve the many denominations, various conferences, prison chapels and community festivities seeking his preaching skills. I have known Jesse for all twenty four years he has served as a lay preacher, and during that entire time I have enlisted him personally to contribute sermons and join me on various endeavors and missions. Without ever having taken a course on semiotics, he is one of the best semioticians I know. You will be blessed by his homily on the semiotics of golf and presentation of a biblical frame from which to approach this $84 billion a year gold industry, with 24 million US golfers on the courses and another equal amount playing various off-course versions of the game. We would love for you to hit the "subscribe" button for these vlogs. Don't forget to Hit the Notification Bell so that you never miss our most recent video. Support Len’s Ministry through his 510-c-3 “SpiritVenture Ministires” (SVM) https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Become a SpiritVenture Ministries (SVM) Supporter at $9/month or a Tribe of Issachar Member at $49/month https://preachthestory.com/cart/​ Follow Leonard Sweet on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leonard.sweet​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lensweet​ (Sweet’s daily micro-blogs) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lensweet​ (Sweet’s daily blogs) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/preachthestory​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/preac... (Specifically for preachers and others who love those who preach) Access sermons, conferences, and more Leonard Sweet activities: https://preachthestory.com/​ (hundreds of written sermons) https://www.facebook.com/thesalishsea... (Sweet’s newest publications) https://salishsea.press/​ https://the-salish.com​ (Orcas Island getaway cottages for board, staff and church advances (aka “retreats”)